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Updated · The Australian Financial Review · Aug 6
Trump Hosts 100 Mining Leaders for Critical Minerals Roundtable
Updated
Updated · The Australian Financial Review · Aug 6

Trump Hosts 100 Mining Leaders for Critical Minerals Roundtable

3 articles · Updated · The Australian Financial Review · Aug 6

Summary

  • BHP and Rio Tinto executives are set to join President Donald Trump at a State Department roundtable on Friday, with preparations still fluid, according to four sources familiar with the event.
  • About 100 industry leaders are expected to attend, alongside Trump and as many as four cabinet secretaries, underscoring the administration’s push to lock in critical minerals supply.
  • The White House is seeking supplies from both domestic and international sources, putting major Australian miners at the center of a broader US resource-security drive.

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